J-Tull Dot Com

{{Infobox album

| name = J-Tull Dot Com

| type = studio

| artist = Jethro Tull

| cover = JethroTull-albums-jtulldotcom.jpg

| alt =

| released = 23 August 1999 (UK)

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = {{hlist|Progressive rock|hard rock|{{nowrap|folk rock}}|world}}

| length = 54:20

| label = Papillon/Varèse Sarabande

| producer = Ian Anderson

| prev_title = Through the Years

| prev_year = 1998

| next_title = The Very Best Of

| next_year = 2001

| misc = {{Singles

| name =
J-Tull Dot Com

| type = studio

| single1 = Bends Like a Willow

| single1date = 1999 (UK)

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|2|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r426939|tab=review|last=Little|first=Patrick|label=J-Tull Dot Com}}

| rev2 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music

| rev2Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite book|last=Larkin|first=Colin|author-link=Colin Larkin|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|year=2007|publisher=Oxford University Press|edition=4th|isbn=978-0195313734|title-link=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music}}

| rev3 = Jam!

| rev3Score = (mixed){{cite web |url= http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/J/Jethro_Tull/AlbumReviews/1999/12/12/771157.html |archive-url= https://archive.today/20120710201436/http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/J/Jethro_Tull/AlbumReviews/1999/12/12/771157.html |url-status= usurped |archive-date= 10 July 2012 |title=CANOE – JAM! Music – Artists – Album Review: J-TULL DOT COM |first=Ian |last=Nathanson |work=jam.canoe.ca |access-date=17 May 2012}}

| rev4 = Mojo

| rev4Score = (favourable){{cite web|url=http://www.tullpress.com/mosept99.htm |title=Jethro Tull Press: Mojo, September 1999 |publisher=Tullpress.com |access-date=2015-05-01}}

}}

J-Tull Dot Com is the 20th studio album by the British band Jethro Tull, released in 1999 on Papillon, the Chrysalis Group's late 1990s heritage record label.{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/13506/jethro-tull/|title = JETHRO TULL | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company|website = Official Charts}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/8054967.sir-cliffs-firm-signs-up-terrorvision/|title=Sir Cliff's firm signs up Terrorvision!}} It was released four years after their 1995 album Roots to Branches and continues in the same vein, marrying hard rock with Eastern music influences. It is the first album to feature Jonathan Noyce on bass, who would remain with the band until 2007 in Jethro Tull's longest ever unchanged line-up. This was the last Jethro Tull album to feature all original, new material for 23 years (until the release of The Zealot Gene{{cite web |first=Jerry |last=Ewing |date=13 July 2021 |url=https://www.loudersound.com/amp/news/jethro-tull-to-release-new-album-the-zealot-gene-in-early-2022 |title=Jethro Tull to Release New Album The Zealot Gene in Early 2022 |work=Louder |access-date=13 July 2021}} in 2022), although the band did release a Christmas album in 2003, which contained a mixture of new material, re-recordings of Tull's own suitably themed material and arrangements of traditional Christmas music.

Track listing

{{tracklist

| all_writing = Ian Anderson, except where noted

| title1 = Spiral

| length1 = 3:50

| title2 = Dot Com

| length2 = 4:25

| title3 = AWOL

| length3 = 5:19

| title4 = Nothing @ All

| note4=Instrumental

| length4 = 0:56

| writer4 = Andrew Giddings

| title5 = Wicked Windows

| length5 = 4:40

| title6 = Hunt by Numbers

| length6 = 4:00

| title7 = Hot Mango Flush

| length7 = 3:49

| writer7 = Martin Barre, Anderson

| title8 = El Niño

| length8 = 4:40

| title9 = Black Mamba

| length9 = 5:00

| title10 = Mango Surprise

| length10 = 1:14

| title11 = Bends Like a Willow

| length11 = 4:53

| title12 = Far Alaska

| length12 = 4:06

| title13 = The Dog-Ear Years

| length13 = 3:34

| title14 = A Gift of Roses

| length14 = 3:54

}}

On some versions of the CD there is a period of silence after "A Gift of Roses" followed by the title track of Anderson's (at the time unreleased) solo album The Secret Language of Birds. The track is preceded by a brief spoken word introduction by Anderson. This extends the length of "A Gift of Roses" to 9:16.

Personnel

Ian Anderson – vocals, flute, acoustic guitar, bouzouki
Martin Barre – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Jonathan Noyce – bass guitar
Andrew Giddings – piano, keyboards, Hammond organ, accordion
Doane Perry – drums, percussion

;Additional personnel

Najma Akhtar – backing vocals (on "Dot Com")

Charts

scope="row"\|Italian Albums (Musica e Dischi){{cite web\|url=http://www.musicaedischi.it/classifiche_archivio.php\|title=Classifiche\|work=Musica e Dischi\|language=it\|access-date=June 20, 2024}} Set "Tipo" on "Album". Then, in the "Artista" field, search "Jethro Tull". \| align="center"\| 33
class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" ! Chart (1999) ! Peak position
{{Album chart\|Germany4\|15\|id=3058\|artist=Jethro Tull\|album=J-Tull Dot Com\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=June 20, 2024}}
{{Album chart\|Scotland\|62\|date=19990829\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=June 20, 2024}}
{{Album chart\|Switzerland\|50\|artist=Jethro Tull\|album=J-Tull Dot Com\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=June 20, 2024}}
{{Album chart\|UK2\|44\|date=19990829\|refname=UK albums\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=June 20, 2024}}
{{Album chart\|UKIndependent\|5\|date=19990829\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=June 20, 2024}}
{{Album chart\|Billboard200\|161\|artist=Jethro Tull\|refname=Billboard 200\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=June 20, 2024}}

References

External links

{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r426939|label=J-Tull Dot Com}}
[https://web.archive.org/web/20050908043857/http://www.progreviews.com/reviews/display.php?rev=jt-dot Ground and Sky review]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20050414085412/http://progressiveworld.net/jtull.html Progressive World review]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20050913222129/http://progressiveworld.net/jethrotullinterv.html January 2000 Interview]

Category:1999 albums

Category:Jethro Tull (band) albums

Category:Varèse Sarabande albums

Category:Albums produced by Ian Anderson